March 19, 2024

I had a post auto-scheduled

…but somehow it got scheduled for tomorrow. It’s too late, which given what I went through today is par for the course, and I don’t feel like rescheduling now or throwing something together. This goes to the scheduling issues and I’m wondering if I should have taken this week off.

The image above is a teaser to the video I’ll be posting and responding to tomorrow. This is just to say I didn’t forget, I just screwed up.

QUICK EDIT: Decided not to do this week’s Sonic review tomorrow. I’m just tired and not able to work on it. Should be back to normal tomorrow and things will be back on track Thursday.

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March 19, 2024

“Yesterday’s” Comic> Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 (Image Comics)

Back in red.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1

Image Comics (June, 1996)

CREATORS: Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird

WRITER: Gary Carlson

PENCILER: Frank Fosco

INKER: Erik Larsen (interior assist: Chance Wolf)

LETTERER: Chris Eliopoulos

COVER COLORISTS: Reuben Rude & I.H.O.C.

EDITOR: Erik Larsen

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March 19, 2024

BW’s Daily Video> Honest Netflix Avatar Trailer

Catch more Honest Trailers at the Screen Junkies YouTube channel

It’s almost like a show created from the ground up to take advantage of animation makes a better cartoon than live-action production.

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March 18, 2024

Chapter By Chapter> Star Trek: The Vulcan Academy Murders chapter 14

Chapter By Chapter (usually) features me reading one chapter of the selected book at a time and reviewing it as if I were reviewing an episode of a TV show or an issue of a comic. There will be spoilers if you haven’t read to the point I have, and if you’ve read further I ask that you don’t spoil anything further into the book. Think of it as a read-along book club.

Well, this is interesting. Not just last week’s cliffhanger (I really wish I could find a copy of that dramatic sting to commercial when Star Trek goes to break on a shocker moment) but this chapter is almost double the usual chapter count for this novel. Usually each chapter is about eight to nine pages. We had a pair of chapters next to each other that was half a normal chapter each so I combined them. I will not return the favor and make this a two-part article.

Our crew are finally suspecting there murder going on after another unexplained loss the exact same way as last time, the benefit of those who are a bit more familiar with the concept than the Vulcans being in the right spot. However, the one that just got accused can’t possibly be the guilty party, guilty as he feels for setting up the situation that led to all this, but that’s self-guilt, which isn’t the same thing. Will this ruin a potentially happy couple? Well, let’s keep the homepage padding intro short because this is a bonus sized chapter.

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March 18, 2024

“Yesterday’s” Comic> Prime #5

Prime doesn’t like when you knock-off He-Man.

Prime #5

Malibu Comics/Ultraverse (October, 1993)

“Villains”

WRITERS: Len Strazewski & Gerald Jones

ARTIST: Norm Breyfogle

COLORIST: Keith Conroy

LETTERER: Tim Eldred

EDITOR: Chris Ulm

The comic also included previews for Rune, further convincing me not to read it, and The Night Man, which I’m rather curious about as I used to watch the live-action show and his appearance on Ultraforce. Yes, I will discuss the cartoon at some point. I want to debut everyone in comic form first.

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March 18, 2024

BW’s Daily Video> Batman’s Blue & Grey Outfit

Catch more from The Batcave on YouTube

There’s a tie-in comic to the Brave & The Bold cartoon that explains Batman changed to blue because he was scaring people he was trying to save (in that case a kidnapped little girl) with the all black look, so the blue could still care the criminals but not the people he saves. I think the change was done in the Silver Age for a similar reason, to look more heroic to the kids reading the comic.

I don’t know what’s better: Batman looking awesome, the cute expression on the little girl’s face, or the baddie that looks like he’s soiled himself.

I’m admittedly biased because I grew up with the blue & grey but I do prefer that costume for similar reasons. The right treatment could make for a dull enough finish to not be reflective. He does look more heroic with the blue (the grey was part of his original costume in the Golden Age to make it easier for the readers to see) to me, but as you say, there might be times where black is better. What I find interesting is that Gaijin Goombah, another YT channel, suggested that Batman wore black because it worked better in the city at night, nothing that ninja wore blue because it actually worked better in the days before all the electric lights in the big city. So the opposite of your theory. I wonder if anyone actually tested Batman’s various colors to see what would work best?

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March 17, 2024

BW Programming Note> Comic Ideas Don’t Always Flow Easily

It’s not easy when you can’t come up with a comic idea until the day before it has to be done, even with the style created to be fast. Now I have two ideas, which I’ve jotted down so I don’t forget them. Depending on what happens, there should be a comic next week. We still have the update section.

Over at The Clutter Reports I posted a video of a woman proving the importance of collecting physical media, even if you’re a minimalist. Decluttering doesn’t mean tossing out the good stuff, just the bad stuff or stuff someone else could find more use for than you can.

This week I have a doctor’s appointment, and my dad has one next week that I have to drive for. So this should be a fun two days. Maybe I should take that reset break, but over at Chapter By Chapter we have a serious cliffhanger for Star Trek: The Vulcan Academy Murders, so I don’t want to end off on that. I will have a filler for Tuesday you might like, though. Also, based on current scheduling, Friday should have us taking a look at the new hosts for the various Theory channels after MatPat’s leaving for other projects.

We’re nearing the end of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics unless you guys want a deeper review of the IDW comics. (I did review them in the Today’s Comic format, minus spoilers.) Speaking of comic reviews, this is the week where we start reviewing The Blue Beetle on Friday, and for now I’ll have an article link in the spot on Saturday where that used to be. Saturday Night Showcase and the other comic reviews (for now) are unaffected. The rest of the week depends on what I come up with or what new spore of stupid the storytelling world does to commit hari-kiri sans the seppiku ritual. Who knows, maybe they’ll something right I can cheer on…for a change. Please?

Have a great week, everyone! Keep up with your doctors’ appointments.

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